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Post by M is for Morphine on Apr 27, 2010 7:19:00 GMT -5
I learned about an instrument called the theremin. And I also learned that while it's often used for eerie music, it can also sound beautiful - the sound sample on Wikipedia makes me think of many depictions of heaven, for some reason. It is so much fun to watch someone play one!
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Post by Gelquie on Apr 27, 2010 14:39:40 GMT -5
I learned about an instrument called the theremin. And I also learned that while it's often used for eerie music, it can also sound beautiful - the sound sample on Wikipedia makes me think of many depictions of heaven, for some reason. It is so much fun to watch someone play one! ...I totally want to learn to play that. *Puts on to-do list to get a theramin.* Oh, I guess I should share something. Um... I learned that I can only say "suspiciously specific" very slowly.
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Post by Jacob on Apr 29, 2010 5:03:28 GMT -5
If you intended to speak about something later in the week with another, don't get cold feet about what you want to say when the time comes. You'll just end up guilty afterwords, because you'll still want to talk about it.
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Post by Aizar on Apr 29, 2010 18:44:51 GMT -5
Today I learned that you can't be good friends with everyone, and even with your best friends there'll be disagreements and angry arguing.
But on the up-hand, I also learned that those disagreements don't have to affect the level of friendship in any way.
....and I don't know what's sadder, that I'm only learning this now, or that I've been "friends" with so many people who don't understand this.
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Post by Gelquie on May 9, 2010 4:52:36 GMT -5
I've learned another use for semi-colons; I can use them super-commas! Now I know how to comfortably use sentences like this: "There was Bill, the carpenter; Susan, the Marine; and Jamie, the War-Time Violinist." (And so, GLQ has been given more ammo...)
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Post by M is for Morphine on May 9, 2010 8:51:03 GMT -5
I learned that fruit juice can, apparently, cause weight gain. (I need to bulk up, so...) Weight gain through sugar is not a good way to bulk up! If you don't eat enough to maintain a healthy weight, making up the difference with sugar and bad processed fats is only going to lead to health and heart problems. You should just up your portions of good, lean proteins (like chicken or beans) or healthy carbs (like lentils and oatmeal) and veggies. Keep to the sort of fats that are wholesome, like nuts or olive oil. If you get full really easily and it's stopping you from getting enough calories, try eating a lot of small meals throughout the day instead of just three big ones.
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Post by Chloemew on May 12, 2010 8:21:27 GMT -5
Today I learned that an awesome artist I like was born in Nottingham, which isn't that far from where I live. Awesome.
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Post by insanepurpleone on May 12, 2010 18:55:18 GMT -5
This is mostly over the past week or so, but today I realized I've really gotten it down - riding a bike with no hands is not as scary or difficult as it looks!
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2010 11:51:03 GMT -5
I learned that the University of California's mascot is a banana slug named Sammy... which isn't so interesting, except that I have a CL fan character named Sammy, who regularly annoys Slinkman (the banana slug character). My Sammy is a hummingbird, though. With a caffeine addiction.
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Post by insanepurpleone on May 14, 2010 12:08:46 GMT -5
I learned that the University of California's mascot is a banana slug named Sammy... which isn't so interesting, except that I have a CL fan character named Sammy, who regularly annoys Slinkman (the banana slug character). My Sammy is a hummingbird, though. With a caffeine addiction. I've always thought a banana slug was a strange mascot. XD But that's only for UC Santa Cruz. The University of California campuses all have their own mascots. (Irvine's is an anteater, which I also find amusing. )
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Post by Alyssa on May 18, 2010 17:28:26 GMT -5
Today I learned that if you microwave a lime for too long, then accidentally squeeze it too hard before cutting it, it will burst open and squirt lime juice into your eye.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2010 6:11:03 GMT -5
I learned a bit about different types of audio files and some of the benefits and drawbacks of the different types... and I taught my father quite a bit about tracker music software.
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Post by M is for Morphine on Jun 10, 2010 14:30:39 GMT -5
My vocabulary for today: anthropodermic bibliopegy The practice of binding books in human skin. I didn't know there was such a stately sounding name for it! Edit: wthwthwth10,000 galaxies and pre-galactic nuggets in one photograph!!!! And it's only 1/10,000,000th of visible space. It really puts the enormity of space into perspective.
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Post by Rachel on Jun 11, 2010 1:46:44 GMT -5
Today I learned how to play piccolo. =D
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Post by Chloemew on Jun 11, 2010 8:13:06 GMT -5
Today I learned that the word "anaphora" is essentially just a fancy way of saying "repetition".
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